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GM Poverty Action Newsletter: Andy Burnham's poverty pledges; employment rights and Brexit; food insecurity; votes for the homeless

19 May 2017 - 13:39 by michelle.foster

As GE2017 draws near Greater Manchester Poverty Action focus on employment rights, Brexit and Government pledges and look at the rising number of people living as food insecure in the UK. The newsletter opens with congratulating Andy Burnham on his win and highlights the pledges he has made that relate to action on poverty in the city region.

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Central Manchester Community Explorers

19 May 2017 - 13:37 by michelle.foster

Have you ever considered becoming a Coach? Make a difference to your community. Emerging Futures

Emerging Futures CIC are recruiting Volunteer Recovery Coaches to work across Manchester as part of their Community and Housing Team’s. The Coach training is fully accredited by LASER (formerly OCN) and all expenses will be reimbursed.

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Ping! Manchester - Table Tennis Opportunity

19 May 2017 - 11:59 by michelle.foster

Ping! a table tennis participation project which Manchester City Council are working with alongside Table Tennis England for 2017. The idea is to bring table tennis into public spaces across the country - making the sport more visible and accessible to the public. Ping

Ping! is the free street ping pong festival which sees table tennis tables popping up in remarkable and surprising places in 24 towns and cities all over England

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Share Somewhere - Win £500 for your space or for a charity of your choice

19 May 2017 - 11:57 by michelle.foster

Share Somewhere, a new website for promoting spaces so that people can do great things in their community has just been launched and they have a completion to win £500. Share Somewhere

Share Somewhere are encouraging venues to register on their website, whether this is your own space, one you access or other spaces within your community.

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Our Shared Future Artist Residency - Refugee Week 2017 - Deadline: 21 May 2017

17 May 2017 - 12:32 by michelle.foster

Refugee Week takes place every year across the world in the week around World Refugee Day on 20 June. In the UK, Refugee Week is a nationwide programme of arts, cultural and educational events that celebrate the contribution of refugees to the UK, and encourage a better understanding between communities. Refugee Week

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One Manchester Community Soups – apply by 31 May 2017

17 May 2017 - 11:06 by michelle.foster

Community soups, based on a project that’s had brilliant results in Detroit, One Manchester are inviting people and groups with creative ideas that make a real difference in their communities to pitch their ideas to a community audience at Soup events happening across east, central and south Manchester from the 19–22 June. One Manchester Community Soups

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There is always cake- a new mum’s story.

16 May 2017 - 16:15 by anna.tate

 Following on from mental Health awareness week 2017, it seems like a good time to highlight challenges that some of us are experiencing, that are impacting on our mental health but not talking about. As postnatal mental health is not always discussed as much as it should be, I thought it might be useful to share my experiences.

I can honestly say I am a proud mum of a 13 month old little girl and feeling like we’re winning most of the time. However, I am aware I may not feel this way tomorrow or next week. It’s definitely a take one day at a time situation and that’s ok.

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Managing Social Media for Charities

12 May 2017 - 11:50 by aneeqa.javed

Hi again!

There are loads of social media management tools to help you manage your social media accounts. It’s about knowing which ones will work with your social media accounts. I would suggest you set time a side every week, maybe an hour or two to create and organise all your content, and schedule them in for that week. Here are a couple of tools which let you do just that.

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